What is Patagonia Alabastro quartzite?

Patagonia Alabastro is the translucent register of the Patagonia family — a soft pink-gray field broken by dramatic white cloud formations and warm vein passages. Cut by Bassi in Italy for the architectural statement register and the backlight application. Sits between Patagonia Bianco (a quieter cream-white ground) and Patagonia Glace (a cooler white transparent body) in the translucent Patagonia spectrum.

Can Patagonia Alabastro be backlit?

Yes. The translucent body of Patagonia Alabastro is suitable for backlit feature walls and bar fronts. Honing the face keeps the surface matte and the cloud formations legible under backlight. We can quote a backlit mock-up at bid stage on request. Bring drawings and lighting intent and we will lay options out on the floor.

Where does Patagonia Alabastro work best?

In the room where the brief calls for a translucent statement stone and the slab is meant to lead. A backlit feature wall, a primary bath composed entirely of stone, an entry composition, a fireplace surround, a hotel reception counter or bar front. Pair with travertine, brass, lime plaster, and one quieter Calacatta elsewhere as counterpoint.

How is Patagonia Alabastro different from Patagonia Bianco or Patagonia Glace?

Patagonia Bianco is a quiet cream-white ground with gray-brown veining. Patagonia Glace is a cooler white translucent body with a single warm figure. Patagonia Alabastro sits between them — pink-gray rather than cream, with dramatic broad white cloud formations that read almost as weather. The right call when the brief calls for figure in the slab rather than restraint.

Can Patagonia Alabastro be bookmatched?

Bookmatched Patagonia is available on selected blocks. The slab ships as a single piece; matched pairs and larger compositions are quote-on-request. Bookmatched Alabastro read as a single continuous cloud formation when installed spine-to-spine.

How do I see Patagonia Alabastro in person?

Royal Stone is at 2303 South Sepulveda Boulevard, West Los Angeles. Designers and private clients are welcome by appointment Monday through Friday. Call (310) 477-3223 and we will pull the slab for you.

Royal Stone

Quartzite · Patagonia Alabastro · Bassi Italy · In Los Angeles

Patagonia
Alabastro.

A Bassi Italy Patagonia in the translucent register — a soft pink-gray field broken by dramatic white cloud formations and warm-vein passages drawn across the slab. The Patagonia bred for backlight and for the contemporary statement wall. 2cm honed. 80″ × 138″. On the floor at South Sepulveda.

2cm

Gauge

80×138

Inches

Honed

Finish

Patagonia Alabastro — Honed, in Los Angeles

2cm Patagonia Alabastro honed quartzite slab, 80 by 138 inches, full yard view lifted on overhead crane with the Royal Stone & Tile yard sign and Italian-cut cloud formations visible, in Los Angeles

Patagonia Alabastro quartzite slab at the Royal Stone yard on South Sepulveda Boulevard in Los Angeles

Bassi Italy

The translucent Patagonia.

Quarried by Bassi in Italy. Cut for the softest pink-gray register and the most dramatic white cloud formations the Patagonia family will hold.

Patagonia Alabastro is the Patagonia family’s translucent register — a soft pink-gray field, light enough to register backlit, dark enough to hold as a statement wall without light behind it. The white cloud formations are the feature: large, broad, drawn across the slab in formations that read as weather as much as stone.

At 80″ × 138″, the slab reads at the architectural scale — sized for a feature wall, a primary bath composed entirely of stone, an entry composition, or a backlit panel. Honed keeps the surface matte and the cloud formations legible; the slab translucency remains available for backlight on the wall application.

The right quartzite when the brief calls for a translucent statement stone and the room is built around the slab. Pair with brass, travertine, lime plaster, and one quieter Calacatta elsewhere as counterpoint. Runs beautifully as a backlit feature wall, a primary bath clad entirely in stone, a fireplace surround, or a hotel reception counter.

Installed Perspective

The cloud register,
at room scale.

A kitchen installation render showing Patagonia Alabastro across a statement island and full-height backsplash.

Luxury kitchen installation render featuring Patagonia Alabastro quartzite on the island and full-height backsplash — Patagonia Alabastro · Kitchen island and backsplash render

One Finish · Honed

Honed,
to keep the cloud register legible.

Patagonia Alabastro ships honed. The translucent register is calibrated to a matte architectural surface — polished pushes the pink-gray toward gloss and loses the soft architectural register. The slab is also a candidate for backlight installations: the translucent passages of the body will glow under a calibrated backlight when the application calls for it.

The right surface for translucent walls, full-height bath cladding, fireplace surrounds, and any application where the white cloud formations are meant to lead the architecture.

Close view of the honed surface on 2cm Patagonia Alabastro — soft pink-gray translucent field with dramatic white cloud formations at the Royal Stone yard

Spec Sheet